Microsoft Co. has the following projected sales, costs, net investment, and free cash flow in millions. The anticipated growth rate in free cash flows after year 6 is 5% per year forever. There are 7.43 billion shares outstanding, and investors require a return of 8% on the company's stock and a comparable P/E ratio of 21. Calculate the company stock price using the P/E comparable approach to find the terminal value. (Round to 2 decimals) 4 5 6 1 232 269 296 120 139 153 40 46 50 72 84 92 50 58 64 22 26 28 ($ in Billions) Sales Costs Taxes OCF (net income) Net investment FCF 2 244 126 42 76 53 23 3 256 132 44 80 55 25 282 146 48 88 61 27
Dividend Valuation
Dividend refers to a reward or cash that a company gives to its shareholders out of the profits. Dividends can be issued in various forms such as cash payment, stocks, or in any other form as per the company norms. It is usually a part of the profit that the company shares with its shareholders.
Dividend Discount Model
Dividend payments are generally paid to investors or shareholders of a company when the company earns profit for the year, thus representing growth. The dividend discount model is an important method used to forecast the price of a company’s stock. It is based on the computation methodology that the present value of all its future dividends is equivalent to the value of the company.
Capital Gains Yield
It may be referred to as the earnings generated on an investment over a particular period of time. It is generally expressed as a percentage and includes some dividends or interest earned by holding a particular security. Cases, where it is higher normally, indicate the higher income and lower risk. It is mostly computed on an annual basis and is different from the total return on investment. In case it becomes too high, indicates that either the stock prices are going down or the company is paying higher dividends.
Stock Valuation
In simple words, stock valuation is a tool to calculate the current price, or value, of a company. It is used to not only calculate the value of the company but help an investor decide if they want to buy, sell or hold a company's stocks.
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